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Bertie County Sheriff’s Office makes arrest
THADD-WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
CAMDEN - The final two sus
pects in a Sept. 8 home inva
sion are behind bars.
Bertie County Sheriff John
Holley said Jarkeese Rascoe
and Brittany Vanhorn were
located in Camden Sept. 20
and taken into custody after
eluding arrest for more than
a week. “They were moving
from place to place to avoid
apprehension, but we were
continuously looking for
them,” Sheriff Holley said.
“1 am thankful to the Martin
County Sheriff’s Office, Wil-
liamston Police Department,
Camden County Sheriff’s Of
fice, Elizabeth City Police De
Board
takes
partment, N.C. State Bureau
of Investigation and task
force officers with ATF and
FBI. There were countless
hours of surveillance which
led to several search war
rants, and eventually the ar
rest of these two suspects.”
Vanhorn and Rascoe joined
suspects Salish Cooper and
Marlin Smallwood behind
HUNT DAY
bars charged with a multi
tude of crimes following the
home invasion.
Sheriff Holley said the four
were charged following a
Sept. 8 break-in on Tony’s
Lane in Windsor where they
reportedly held an elderly
homeowner at gunpoint
while they removed items
from his home.
Deputies arrived at the
home and called in inves
tigator Det. Ronald Rascoe
began his investigation. The
next day Lt. Matt Roebuck
joined Det. Rascoe in inter
viewing the homeowner for
a second time.
Later on Sunday, Det. Sgt.
See ARRESTS, A3
NCACC
holds annual
conference
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
m.
Race
sign
HICKORY - In August,
hundreds of county
commissioners, offi
cials and staff gathered
in Hickory for the 111th
North Carolina Associa
tion of County Commis
sioners (NCACC) An
nual Conference.
Bertie County Com
mission Chairman Er
nestine Bazemore, Vice
Chairman Ron Wesson
and Commissioner Tam
my Lee participated in
the conference, which
is the year’s premier
event for counties.
The conference pro
vides a forum to con
duct official association
business and offers
educational and net
working opportunities
for commissioners and
county staff. The theme
for the conference was
Registration
is open for
participants
MICHELLE LEICESTER
Bertie Ledger-Advance
The Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge, the Roanoke
Cashie River Center and the Town of Windsor hosted a
Hunting, Fishing and Wildlife Day last Saturday, Sept. 22 for
children of all ages at the Roanoke Cashie River Center in
Windsor. There was archery, airsoft rifles,
rides, kayaking and arts and crafts. The
ers Association held demonstrations for
ness Day.
fish casting, boat
Cashie Beekepp-
Honeybee Aware-
Jr
See TRIP, A5
WINDSOR - Runners
are already out getting
ready for the 9th Annual
Spooktacular.
Registration is open.
Entrants can go online
to runeast.com, look
under the calendar, and
click on October’s tab.
The Spooktacular will
be listed under Oct. 27.
Entries may also be
made by mailed entry
forms that may be ob
tained from the commit
tee members or printed
from the website or Fa-
cebook page.
These should be
mailed to; Bertie Spook
tacular 5K, Attn: Virg
Siefker, RO. Box 895,
Windsor, NC 27983.
The 5K race will begin
at 9 a.m. and the one-
mile walk will start at
10:30 a.m.
See RACE, A5
Tour slated for Windsor’s historic homes
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - Take a tour.
As part of the town of Wind
sor’s 250th Anniversary Cel
ebration, a tour of Windsor’s
historic homes is being of
fered during the event. The
Historic Old Homes Tour is
scheduled from 10 a.m. until
5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10.
The self-guided tour will
begin at Historic Hope Plan
tation with a tour of the
Hope Mansion and the King-
Bazemore House followed
by a buffet lunch.
The buffet lunch will be
available from 11 a.m. until
1 p.m.
After lunch, participants
will be able to 10 more
homes and other sites in
cluding churches and muse
ums throughout the town.
Owners of each private
home will open their doors
and welcome guests to take
a tour.
Owners will be available
to point out architectural
details, historical data, infor
mation on the original and
early owners of the proper
ty, as well as how the homes
have been updated to meet
the demands of modern liv
ing. Four of the town’s his
toric churches will be open
for participants to tour, learn
the history and view the in
dividual churches unique
ness.
The three museums in
Windsor- Russell’s Back-in-
the-Day Museum, Windsor’s
Farmer’s’ Museum and Wind-
See TDUR,A3
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B4
Obituaries
A2
Opinion
A4
Out & About
A2
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